It's not only in the north that contraceptives are frowned at. It's like an African thing. Some out of fear of the adverse effect of the ones they saw their neighbors do decided to stay away from it. But there are safer options they can opt for.
I once heard some women discussing that the profit of a woman is child bearing...my heart dropped.
There are others that believe it's what God destined for them to do, I mean become baby factories. It's all a problem of knowledge.
Wow! That's way worse! Ignorance is bad